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Delivery/retail (non-food) business growing much faster than expected

Predictor: Dara Khosrowshahi · ep#243 "Uber vs. Tesla, Robotaxi Timelines, and the End of Human Driving | Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi | #243" · source

Prior probability
60.0%
Current probability
47.6%
evolves via intake + LBP
Conviction
4/5
Signal quality
C
Resolution
pending
Window
2026-01-01 – 2026-12-31
Edges in / out
7 / 5
Tickers exposed
33

Prediction text

Delivery/retail (non-food) business growing much faster than expected | the expansion into grocery, into every single part of retail, whether it's Best Buy or makeup or Sephora, etc. has been has been growing much much faster than we expected.

Verbatim quote

From episode "Uber vs. Tesla, Robotaxi Timelines, and the End of Human Driving | Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi | #243"
the expansion into grocery, into every single part of retail, whether it's Best Buy or makeup or Sephora, etc. has been has been growing much much faster than we expected.

Predictor: Dara Khosrowshahi

κ + Brier as of 2026-05-22
κ (discount)
0.688
Brier
0.0105
excellent
Hits / Misses
2 / 0
of 3 resolved
Hit rate
66.7%
Calibration plot (stated vs observed)

Evidence about this node from Dara Khosrowshahi is multiplied by κ in /api/intake. Lower κ = less weight; floors at 0.10 (effectively silenced) and caps at 1.00 (full weight).

Reference class

Not linked

This node isn't linked to a reference class. The Bayesian update applies without outside-view blending.

Probability over time

5 prob_history rows
0%25%50%75%100%prior 60%2026-04-302026-05-022026-05-10
intake v2milestone miss sweeplbp propagationreference class assignedlegacy v1prior_prob (analyst seed)current = 47.6%

Milestone chain

Pre-event signals (upstream prereqs + window checkpoints) → resolution event → downstream cascades. Status/dates update from linked nodes; re-derive nightly via scripts/ops/derive_milestones.py.
Leading chain: 4 fired ✓ · 2 overdue ⏱ · 1 pending
  1. 2026-02-04overdueUber non-restaurant deliveries reach $12.5B annual run rate by end of 2025
    How: Uber Q4 2025 earnings call confirms non-restaurant delivery annual run rate of approximately $12.5 billion
    Source: https://www.pymnts.com/news/retail/2025/uber-eats-growth-grocery-retail-delivery-business/conf 92%
  2. 2026-02-04overdueUber Q4 2025 delivery revenue grows 30% YoY to $4.9B
    How: Uber Q4 2025 earnings release shows delivery revenue at or above $4.9B with 30% YoY growth
    Source: https://investor.uber.com/news-events/news/press-release-details/2026/Uber-Announces-Results-for-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025/default.aspxconf 95%
  3. 2026-01-01 → 2026-12-31pendingUber adds 1000+ new retail partners in 2026 including marquee names
    How: Uber discloses cumulative new non-food retail partner count exceeding 1,000 in 2026 earnings calls (Aldi, Sephora, Best Buy class)
    Source: https://www.ainvest.com/news/uber-strategic-retail-expansion-growth-engine-demand-commerce-2509/conf 78%
  4. 2026-04-01 → 2026-12-31pendingNon-restaurant delivery growth rate exceeds rideshare growth rate in 2026
    How: Quarterly Uber earnings show non-restaurant grocery+retail GMV growth rate persistently above mobility (rideshare) growth rate during 2026 quarters
    Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/04/uber-uber-2025-q4-earnings.htmlconf 72%
  5. 2026-09-01 → 2027-02-28pendingDollar Tree partnership generates $500M incremental revenue by year-end 2026
    How: Dollar Tree-Uber partnership delivers ≥$500M incremental run-rate revenue (per analyst estimates of 10% discount-store delivery share)
    Source: https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/03/23/uber-quietly-expanding-into-multitrillion-dollar/conf 55%

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Evidence chain

Every probability update with full Bayesian provenance — chronological, latest first
LBP2026-05-10T02:00:02Z47.6%+2.2pp
Network propagation: 45.5% → 47.6%
6-iter LBP, residual 0.00584 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run e5c18d29
LBP2026-05-03T02:00:01Z45.5%+4.6pp
Network propagation: 40.8% → 45.5%
6-iter LBP, residual 0.00677 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run 1a683ac9
metadata_milestone_miss_sweep2026-05-02T22:07:21Z40.8%-12.9pp
metadata_milestone_miss_sweep bayesian_v2 n=2 inside=0.408 blend=0.408 LLR=-0.521 κ=0.69 no_blend
Raw metadata
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LBP2026-04-30T16:39:51Z53.8%-2.4pp
Network propagation: 56.2% → 53.8%
5-iter LBP, residual 0.00825 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v2 · run 0c8a4ea3
LBP2026-04-30T02:18:57Z56.2%-3.8pp
Network propagation: 60.0% → 56.2%
5-iter LBP, residual 0.00825 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v1 · run 592311ef

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Auto-generated by cosine similarity from Polymarket / Manifold / EDGAR / GDELT
SimSourceTitleMarket probPolarityReviewedPublished
0.557manifoldWill I restrict my food-buying behaviour in line with this market in May?47%mentionspending2026-05-01

Raw metadata

From Thesis_Timeline_v1.0_FINAL workbook
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